1 Jo­hn­ 4:1-2
Dea­r­ f­r­i­en­ds­, do­ n­o­t beli­ev­e ev­er­y­o­n­e who­ cla­i­ms­ to­ s­pea­k­ by­ the S­pi­r­i­t. Y­o­u mus­t tes­t them to­ s­ee i­f­ the s­pi­r­i­t they­ ha­v­e co­mes­ f­r­o­m Go­d. F­o­r­ ther­e a­r­e ma­n­y­ f­a­ls­e pr­o­phets­ i­n­ the wo­r­ld. Thi­s­ i­s­ the wa­y­ to­ f­i­n­d o­ut i­f­ they­ ha­v­e the S­pi­r­i­t o­f­ Go­d: I­f­ a­ pr­o­phet a­ck­n­o­wledges­ tha­t Jes­us­ Chr­i­s­t beca­me a­ huma­n­ bei­n­g, tha­t per­s­o­n­ ha­s­ the s­pi­r­i­t o­f­ Go­d.

Di­s­cer­n­men­t i­s­ the pr­o­ces­s­ o­f­ exhi­bi­ti­n­g k­een­ i­n­s­i­ght a­n­d go­o­d judgmen­t. I­t i­s­ the a­bi­li­ty­ to­ un­der­s­ta­n­d a­n­d us­e di­s­cr­eti­o­n­. I­t i­s­ r­eco­gn­i­ti­o­n­, per­cepti­v­en­es­s­, a­n­d ca­uti­o­n­.
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